Why Fear?

Fear 1

The Bible tells us that the fear involves torment (1 john 4:18), which is exactly what the devil uses to bring destruction to the church of the Lord Jesus. Job confessed, “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me”

Faith is a powerful tool for edification; fear is a powerful tool for destruction. Faith is a sign of success; fear is a sign of failure.

Fear is also a manifestation of negative faith. We fear because we are sure that our worries will come true. This is the total opposite of Christian faith, and yet it is still faith. In other words, in the same way that God, through the Holy Spirit, strengthens Christian faith in the hearts of His children, the devil, through unclean and deceiving spirits, strengthens negative faith, or fear, in the hearts of those who have rejected genuine Christian faith.

Satan used the apostle Peter to try and dissuade the Lord Jesus from doing what He came to do. He also speaks to us, trying to rush us into wrong decisions. He incites fear and, as a consequence, we become weak. How many times have we become fearful because of circumstances that were arranged by devil or words that were spoken by people we love?

In this respect, we must be very careful, because the devil will not use people we distrust; on the contrary, He will use those close to us, those whom we love the most. As a consequence we must be alert and yet not allow fear or worry to find room in our hearts. Fear and worry produce torment and death.

To be continued next week!

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Strong Wind

We’ve learned that the benefits of faith happen because of our obedience to the Word. But what has gone unnoticed is that obedience, in itself, is an action. Not, a feeling.


Faith is an attitude, an action; a movement. When we walk in the faith, God's Spirit moves us. Therefore, you won’t be fearful, doubtful, anxious or worried. Instead, you’ll have certainty, conviction, determination and courage to invest towards the Divine plan. This causes great chemistry between your faith and the Spirit.


God is spirit.


The original meaning of the word spirit is associated with the wind, a rush of air, a breath, light, fire, etc. Jesus taught us that whosever guided by the Holy Spirit is like the wind; Moses saw that the burning bush wasn’t being consumed; while Israel was in the wilderness, they were led by a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day; when the Temple was inaugurated, God’s presence came down in the form of fire; Elijah prayed and fire came down from heaven; the disciples were gathered in a room, when suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind filled the entire house.


Those who walk in Spirit, walk in faith and take action.


It’s not worth having lots of Biblical knowledge if you don’t take action. Many think that’s all they need to conquer salvation and end up being accommodated in the faith. They’re very active in being disobedient, but passive when it comes to practicing the Word. For these kinds of people, the Lord has the following message: What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. Psalm 50:16-17.


Those who are possessed by the Spirit are driven by a violent wind. They’re obedient. That’s why the Holy Spirit inspires, is active and conquers the Promised Land.


God promised Canaan to Abraham and his descendants. But, like any other of the Divine promises, they didn’t happen automatically. We have to take possession of them. But between receiving them and conquering them, we have a long way to go. It’s through the action of faith that we take possession of the promises.


The soul’s salvation is no different. We were saved, are saved and will besaved if we persevere in the faith. We must continuously live by faith, taking action and following the Spirit’s direction.

Bishop Macedo

You Have Power

You Have Power

Many times we wonder why things don't work out in our life as they should work and we get embarrassed without knowing which way we should take to change our life. Amazingly, many people don't know that they are those who have power to defeat themselves. We all know that when a person is defeated the first thing he/she does is to look for someone to blame, is hard for a defeated person to blame herself is much easier to blame somebody else but who can be blamed for our failures? Can we sincerely blame others when things go wrong in our life? In this world we sow and we reap the fruit of what we have sown, then we are not suppose to blame anybody when we fail, we should look into ourselves and find out what caused the disaster in our life. God is so awesome that He always gives us the second chance to start everything all over again. If you need a second chance you just need to ask and you shall receive.

Bishop Carlos E Da Costa

The Power of Asking.

The future of any human being depends on what he/she asks to receive, what we have today is a result of what we asked and received yesterday and tomorrow our life is going to reflect exactly what we are asking for today. But how about those who don't ask for anything? Those who usually say, "I don't need to ask"? Are they blessing their future or destroying themselves?

This event, "The Power of Asking" is the best opportunity ever given by God for us to have our life totally transformed by the Lord Jesus we just need to obey Him by doing according to what He told us to do, Ask! You shall receive. If anything prevents you from being a part of this event make sure is not of God, because He wants you to ask to receive.

October 17th can be the day in which you take the first step that can change your life.

Bishop Carlos Da Costa